Protection Paladin Mythic+ Build & Gear Guide in Midnight Season 2

Spec Popularity

Overall Played: 24.6%
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Best Team Comps

groups
Protection
Alternatives
Blood 8%
+4 rarer (<1%)
Restoration
Arms
+2
Alternatives
Arcane 1%
Demonology 1%
Beast Mastery 1%
+25 rarer (<1%)
Assassination
+12
Alternatives
Subtlety 2%
Beast Mastery 6%
Arcane 6%
Unholy 3%
Feral 2%
Demonology 3%
Elemental 1%
Frost 1%
Devourer 1%
Marksmanship 1%
Retribution 4%
Balance 2%
Shadow 1%
+14 rarer (<1%)
Windwalker
+10
Alternatives
Frost 2%
Havoc 2%
Arcane 8%
Beast Mastery 6%
Unholy 3%
Balance 2%
Feral 2%
Devourer 1%
Demonology 4%
Elemental 2%
Shadow 1%
+15 rarer (<1%)
2.2% of Runs 90% Timed Highest Key: +22
Protection
Restoration
Arms
+2
Alternatives
Arcane 2%
Demonology 1%
Beast Mastery 1%
+24 rarer (<1%)
Subtlety
+7
Alternatives
Arcane 10%
Demonology 7%
Beast Mastery 7%
Balance 4%
Unholy 3%
Retribution 6%
Elemental 3%
Shadow 2%
+19 rarer (<1%)
Havoc
+9
Alternatives
Beast Mastery 7%
Retribution 6%
Balance 3%
Unholy 3%
Feral 2%
Frost 1%
Demonology 4%
Elemental 3%
Shadow 2%
Marksmanship 1%
+14 rarer (<1%)
1.0% of Runs 90% Timed Highest Key: +22

Highest Run

+22 Den of Nalorakk EU
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Protection Restoration Arcane Arms Subtlety

Talents

Most Protection Paladin players build into the Lightsmith hero tree. This build barely changes between dungeons. Open Talents per Dungeon for the few tweaks that do show up. The build list holds the complete builds players run. Click one to see it on the tree.

Builds on Lightsmith
Overview Pick rate of every talent
Standard build 46% +22 41% 2 flexible
Alternative 1 10% +21 12% Blessed Word Imbued Shield Searing Sunlight 3 flexible
Alternative 2 24% +22 11% Consecration in Flame Imbued Shield Light of the Titans Undying Embers 3 flexible
Alternative 3 6% +21 8% Blessed Word Searing Sunlight 2 flexible
Alternative 4 SIM +19 5% Tyr's Enforcer Imbued Shield Forewarning Sanctuary 2 flexible
Other builds: 22% of runs, each too rare to list
Overview Pick rate of every talent
Stat Priority

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Stat priority is the order in which Protection Paladin players value their secondary stats, based on what the highest-key players actually carry on their gear. Most prioritize Haste, followed by Crit, Mastery and Versatility. Strength is your main stat and comes mostly from item level, so a higher-item-level piece is almost always an upgrade. Use this order as a guide when choosing between similar items, gems and enchants, not as a hard rule.

1 Strength icon
Strength
2.6 K
then
2 Haste icon
Haste
1 K · 29.4%
then
3 Crit icon
Crit
1 K · 31.1%
then
4 Mastery icon
Mastery
572 · 25.5%
then
5 Versatility icon
Versatility
268 · 5.0%
Tertiary Priority
1 Lifesteal icon
Lifesteal
186 · 2.7%
then
2 Avoidance icon
Avoidance
56 · 1.5%
then
3 Speed icon
Speed
44
Top Consumables

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The flask, potion, food, weapon enchant and augment rune most used by high-key Protection Paladin players, from recorded Mythic+ runs.

Food SIM

Silvermoon Parade

Silvermoon Parade

52%

Weapon Enchant SIM

Thalassian Phoenix Oil (Quality 2)

Thalassian Phoenix Oil (Quality 2)

73%

Augment Rune

Void-Touched Augment Rune

Void-Touched Augment Rune

100%

Gear Overview

This section lists the gear that Protection Paladin players equip most often in those high keys, broken down slot by slot. For each slot the most popular item is shown first with its alternatives underneath, and the percentage next to each item tells you how common that choice is. New tier pieces and legendaries of the current season are listed first and marked New, even while few players run them yet. It is a snapshot of what is being played, not a guaranteed upgrade for your character, so always simulate your own character before committing to gear changes. You can do that with Raidbots Top Gear.

Item
Popularity

Spellbreaker's Cover

Crafted Crit Haste

3 %

+20

Skullguard of the Risen Sacrifice

The Venomous Abyss Haste Crit

2 %

+20

Spellbreaker's Mantle

Crafted Crit Haste

3 %

+21

Swelling Sea Spaulders

The Tidebound Grotto Crit Mastery

1 %

+20

15 %

+22

Silken Voodoo Drape

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Haste

15 %

+21
SIM

12 %

+22

10 %

+20

4 %

+20

2 %

+20

Amani Summoning Shawl

The Venomous Abyss Crit Versatility

2 %

+21

2 %

+20

6 %

+22

Shellbound Bracers

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Crit

4 %

+22

3 %

+20
Item
Popularity

Spellbreaker's Resolve

Crafted Crit Haste

2 %

+21

2 %

+20

Scaleplate Strangulators

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

1 %

+20

1 %

+20

SIM

Girdle of Toxic Regret

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery

20 %

+22

9 %

+21

Forgotten Grotto Girdle

The Tidebound Grotto Haste Versatility

3 %

+21

Pledgebearer's Girdle

Versatility Crit

3 %

+20

Fanged Brute's Greatbelt

The Venomous Abyss

2 %

+21

17 %

+21

Entombed Cultist's Sabatons

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

9 %

+21

7 %

+21

Scaled Fiend's Warboots

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Haste

5 %

+21
Weapon

SIM

Aman'muso, Warlord's Vengeance

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Haste

26 %

+22

Jaw of the Shackled Goddess

The Venomous Abyss Haste

10 %

+21

Strongblood's Ceremonial Cleaver

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Crit

3 %

+21

Maze-roa, Warlord's Fury

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery

2 %

+21

Venom-Slashed Scuteward

The Venomous Abyss Haste Crit

12 %

+22

3 %

+20
SIM

Bubblefin Splash Guard

The Tidebound Grotto Mastery Haste

3 %

+22
Enchants, Gems & Crafting

Expand any panel below for the finer gear choices Protection Paladin players make in these high keys. It covers the enchants and gems they run in each slot, the embellishments and missives on their crafted gear, and the combinations they pair together. Each list is ordered by how common the choice is among the sampled characters, over the same rolling two-week window as the gear above.

5x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame

29 %

+21
4x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame

15 %

+21
4x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame

13 %

+21
4x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame

11 %

+21
4x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame

11 %

+21
5x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame
2x Bite of Zul'jan
SIM

7 %

+22
4x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame

7 %

+21
4x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame
2x Bite of Zul'jan

4 %

+22
4x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame
2x Bite of Zul'jan

2 %

+21
4x Radiance of the Consecrated Flame
2x Bite of Zul'jan

2 %

+21
Consumables

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Every flask, potion, food, weapon enchant and augment rune seen on sampled high-key players, ranked by how many ran it. Percentages are the share within each category.

How this data is collected

Every talent, stat and gear number on this page is drawn from real Mythic+ runs recorded this season, so it shows what players actually do rather than theory. To keep the picture focused on how Protection Paladin is played at the highest level, only the hardest keys are counted. For each dungeon we look up the highest keystone level anyone has completed, across every class and spec, and then include every run from there down to 5 levels below it, giving the 6 highest key levels of that dungeon. The hardest key completed anywhere this season so far is a +23 in Den of Nalorakk, so there every run of +18 and above is counted. Each dungeon uses its own top key, so a quieter one keeps a lower band. In Voidscar Arena, for example, the hardest key so far is a +22, so its runs start from +17 instead. The sample keeps refreshing as new high keys are posted, so the numbers track how the spec is being played right now rather than averaging the whole season. On top of that, the talent, gear and stat breakdowns are built from a rolling window of roughly the last two weeks, so they stay in step with recent tuning and meta shifts. Run totals and key levels still cover the full season.